1 Chronicles 24:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.”
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“But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 24:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 24:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
- Exodus 24:9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
- Exodus 29:9Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Leviticus 10:12And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
- Numbers 3:2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 3:4Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
- Numbers 16:39So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
- Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- Numbers 26:61but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
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